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How To Boost Memory Power ?
HOW TO BOOST MEMORY POWER?

By Virender Mehta (Dictionary Man)

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It is highly unfortunate on the part of human race that they are unable to recognize their hidden
potential. They are only using one out of lakh part of their capabilities and even by using this very
part, they are today counted in the list of highly sage people, says Swami Vivekananda.
The invaluable gift Brain is given by God to us, but we are ignorant to use the capacities of the
brain effectively. Self restraint is the key to achieve strong Memory Power.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is
brought to bear on one point, That is the secret. You will learn from this Article to make the
effective use of your God gifted equipments.

The need of the hour is to recognize our unused and hidden capabilities. And this Article would
prove highly beneficial for recognizing yourself. You would derive vedic and scientific sutras that
help you a lot in achieving your lofty goals. With this Article you would get a direction that, in turn,
help you to excel in every field of life.

The most preponderant power of the brain is concentration power. If you have strong
concentration power then not only temporal, you can achieve what is eternal. This power is based
upon the power of thoughts which is also called our belief system. You can make every
impossible possible by strengthening your belief system.

The most eminent scientist Albert Einstein, was very weak in academics during his childhood. He
was even expelled from school due to lack of verbal skills. But he made his name all over the
world by discovering the theory of relativity. He did so by learning the sutras of Indian Vedas and
shastras and thus enhancing his concentration and observation power. According to our Vedas,
memory is a vriti (Impression) and deeper this impression is, the stronger will be our retention.

Our brain is divided into two parts- left brain and right brain. These parts of the brain are sub-
divided by a wall of fibers called as corpus callosum.
There are innumerable brain cells called neurons in our brain. We have a very complex nexus of
neuron networks.


Our Conscious and Subconscious brain

About conscious brain

It is active every time when we are thinking, walking
and eating.
It deals with the working of our left brain.

About Sub-conscious brain

It is the most powerful part of the brain
that has been storing all kind of information
since the day we were born. It even stores
the information that we are not consciously
aware of. It works under self hypnosis.
This brain is capable to do anything for
us. We can easily call it Alladin Ka Chirag.
This brain stores all the information in
terms of pictures.
It is very vast repository of images.
It has photographic memory. It can easily recall the images.
It deals with our imagination power. The most seminal point is to nurture it.
It can be nurtured with self hypnosis process by giving it auto instructions.
It is the super computer of our brain.

First of all, we have need to understand, what is information? How and where our brain stores the
information? One more question is how to locate the information. To answer the above questions
let us understand the principle of information storage in our memory. What our brain actually
memorize, we fail to notice that.
In real words brain doesnt memorize any information however brain generates information. That
information can be in the form of words, images and music. This information is not fixed in our
brain. It does not exist in our brain in any form not in words or images and not in the form of
electric impulses. We can experience number of objects in our surroundings. Every object emits
physical and chemical signals which are received by our five sense organs. Our sense organs
eyes and ears catch these signals.

The information which our brain stores that is in the form of connections. There is always
connection among objects in the outside world. Say for example the Vehicles on the roads, fruits
in the trees. The stars always in the sky and the fish swim in the sea. All these are connections
among outside world. Therefore, this is concluded that our brain memorizes connections. When
we see a vase with the rose in it on the table, our brain memorize the connection between rose,
vase and table. The brain can not memorize the images. When we see a vase, it acts upon our
eyes, a connection appears and our brain generates the image of rose, vase and table. The brain
is not any repository or any information store house. It can generate only connections. The
process of creating connections is memory. Our brain is the engine used for fixing the
connections, when the stimulus comes from outside it recalls the connection.

The three important processes occurred in the Brain.
Encoding process of translating info into neural codes (language) that will be retained in
memory
Storage the process of retaining neural coded info over time
Retrieval the process of recovering info from memory storage
There are also two types of Long Term Memories:-
1. Explicit Memory / Declarative Memory
2. Implicit Memory / Non Declarative Memory

Explicit Memory:- this is the memory with Conscious recall. This is again two types of memories.
1. Semantic Memory (General Knowledge)
2. Episodic Memory (Personnel Experiences)

o Semantic memory is the memory concerned with storage of facts. But the Episodic memory
refers to autobiographical information as to where and when an event happened.


Implicit Memory is the memory without conscious recall. This is the Procedural Memory
concerned with learned actions and skills.

There is one more type of particular memory called Flashbulb memory- this is the memory
concerned with the locations where we heard some thing and that is in our memory. Like where
were you when you first heard:
o That The WTC had been crashed into?
o That the federal building had been bombed in Oklahoma City?
o That Princess Diana had been killed in a car wreck?

Anatomy of Memory
We have five important parts in the Anatomy of Memory.

Functions of Five important parts :-

Amygdala: emotional memory and memory consolidation.

Basal ganglia & cerebellum: memory for skills, habits.

Hippocampus: memory recognition, spatial, episodic memory, laying down new declarative long-
term memories.

Thalamus: formation of new memories and working memories.

Cortical Areas: encoding of factual memories, storage of episodic and semantic memories, skill
learning.
Memory is a cerebrum psychic process. Psychologists explain five psychic process memory,
attention, thinking, sensation and representation. Imagination is a process of interaction between
thinking and our representation. Memory process is responsible for the fixation of connections
between different signals appearing at the same moment.


Encoding method of the Memory

This is the most important method of the memory which is used to encode the abstract data. First
we understand the word encoding. This is the process of converting abstract data (texts,
alphabets, characters and digits) into specific language called brain language. Our brain language
is of photographic pictures. We will convert abstract words into the words which are called
Substitution words or link words or key words also. It means we will memorize abstract words
with the help of link words. Now, we can understand this process with the help of some examples.

Say for example we want to encode the information of names of country and its capital.

Albania is the country and the capital is Tirane.
Now, Albania is abstract word. We can convert this word Albania into tangible word Album. We
will convert the word Tirane into the word Rain. Now in this process the word Album has same
sound as the word Albania in enunciation. Similarly, the word Rain has same sound as the word
Tirane in enunciation.
Similarly, the link words for the following words are :-
Angola Luanda

Angola- link word is Gari Gola

Luanda link word is Lawn
Similarly, we can make the link word of any abstract word. We just have need to practice this
process.

BASIC LAW OF THE MEMORY

Law of Association:-
Association means Linking or Connection. This is the association between two information. One
information is already in our Brain. Second information is in the outer world which we are to
memorize. This Law establishes the connection between these two information.

Subconscious Association:-
When we link two information subconsciously, then the Association is called Subconscious
Association.
Now, we will learn how to link two objects. Say, for example, there are two objects- Door and
phone, then we can associate these two objects by making an imagination in which a Phone is
hanging on the Door.


Applications of the Law of Association:-
1. Used in memorizing GK.
2. Used in memorizing Countries and their Capitals.
3. Used in memorizing Vocabulary
4. Used in memorizing Names of the Faces
5. Used in memorizing the qualities, facts and the hobbies
of people.
6. Used in memorizing Academics

Say for example, we want to memorize that the machine used
by blind people to read discovered by Louis Braille.
Now first we will encode this information. The word Louis Braille can easily be encoded into the
word Rail (Braille). Now we can imagine a situation where we are looking a train which is moving
with full of Blind People. This visualization will help us to recall this information even after the long
time.


How it is possible to memorize English Vocabulary?
Vocabulary is nothing but the set of abstract words. All the words are
non tangible things. As we know our brain is not capable to memorize
abstract information. We have need to convert the abstract language
onto brain language. This can easily be done with the help of
encoding method then we will link the meaning of the word with the
encoded word of the given word. This process is basically concerned
with the photographic memory. We have to bring clarity in our
Visualization system. We have required a great practice to master this methodology. The link
word of the given word is also called the Key word.
There are some rules for making these Key words (Algorithm).
Select one word to represent a longer thought or several subordinate thoughts.

1. Generate your own keywords.
2. Construct an image between the keyword & the word to learn.
3. Keyword should be linked with the image and image should be linked with the word to
learn.
4. Keywords should be visualizable.
5. Keywords should be interacting.

Keywords are memory links here and connected with the imaginations also.
Say for example the word we want to memorize is Persuade means to convince or to influence.
Now, we can easily encode the word Persuade into the word Purse with the help of Encoding
method.
Now, we can imagine A Woman is being persuaded to buy a purse.
With the same method we can memorize many words of the English Language.
Say for example
1. Laborious
Meaning taking a lot of time and effort
SYN onerous, taxing
Memory Link Lab ki Bori, Labor
Imagination A Labor is lifting lots of bories, So, he is laborious
person.
Usage a laborious task / process
1. Scurry
Meaning to run with quick short steps SYN scuttle:

Memory Link hurry, curry
Imagination You scurry in hurry for curry.
Usage She said goodbye and scurried back to work
Abominable

extremely unpleasant and causing disgust SYN appalling,
disgusting:
abominably
Memory link bomb
Imagination The Bomb explosion was abominable.
Usage The judge described the attack as an abominable
crime.


Abyss
a very deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom
Memory link Bees KM deep
Imagination This Abyss is 20 (bees) KM deep.
Usage an abyss of ignorance / despair / loneliness

Acrophobia
Fear of height
Memory link crow
Imagination A crow engenders acrophobia to him
Usage Suffering from acrophobia.

If you want to enhance your Memory and Word Power and prepare
you for all the competitive exams effectively.
Best of Luck for your sharp Memory Power!

Article written by:
Virender Mehta
World Record Holder
For memorizing Oxford Dictionary with Page nos.